Shoe



July 17, 1928. 1,677,612

c. c. BLAKE snon Filed Feb. 9, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Javerzin v PatentedJuly 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,677,612 PATENT OFFICE.

' CHARLES C. BLAKE, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO 0. BLAKE,IN-

CORPORATED, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 01' NEW YORK.

SHOE.

Application filed February 9, 1921. Serial lld. 448,581.

The present invention relatesto shoes and more particularly to weltshoes.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of elt shoesparticularly with respect to the i sole and the manner in which theupper s lasted and the welt secured thereto.

In' the drawings which illustrate the preferred embodiment of theinvention,

Figure 1 is a plan of the insole; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of-awelt shoe having the insole shown in Fig. 1 incorporated therein;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the reinforced body portion havingits edge upturned to form a peripheral wall;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the apparatus for forming the insole;

Fig. 5 is a plan of the formed insole in its mold; i

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on the line 6-6, Fig.5; Fig. 7 is asectional elevation on the line 77, Fig. 4; and

of duck 5 is placed over a sole-shapedmold 6 having a lining 7 on itsbottom. The body portion is pressed into the mold to upturn its extremeedge and form the vertical pe-" ripheral'wall by a presser 8 '(Figs. 4and 7). Thereafter the presser 8 is removed], and a sole-shaped blank 9composed of linoleum is assembled with the body portion to fill thecavity bounded by the'peripheral wall. The excess material in theperipheral wall is then trimmed flush with the surface of the blank 9.The formed insole is then removed from the mold by inserting suitabletools through holes -10 in ,the'bottomof the mold 6 and punching thelining 7 and formed insole out of themold.

In making-the shoe the formed insole is assembled with an upper 11 on a'last I (not shown) and then the upper is lasted to the outside face ofthe peri heral wall 2 in accordance with the met 'od of lasting de- Fig.8 is a plan of the metallic fastening,

the inside face of the wall.

scribed in Letters Patent No. 1,261,741, granted to me April 2, 1918.After the lastmg operation the blank 3 is removed from the cavitybounded by the peripherallwall 2 to prepare the shoe for the weltingoperation. In this operation the welt 12 is secured to the lasted shoeby metallic fastenings 13 (Fig. 8). These fastenings are bifurcated ateach end and durin the welting operation they are inserted through thewelt, upper, and insole,.the bifurcations on one end being clenched inthe base of the slit 14 in the welt and the bifurcations on the otherend being clenched on the inside face of the perlpheral wall 2. I Afterthe welting operation the blank-3is secured in place to fill the cavltybounded by the peripheral wall 2 and an outsole is secured to the weltedshoe shown by the outseam 15.

What is claimed as new is:

1. As an article of manufacture an insole for .a welt shoe comprising asole-shaped body portion having its extreme ed upturned to form avertical periphera wall and a solid sole-shaped blank filling the cavitywithin the wall.

2. As an article of manufacture an insole for a welt shoe comprising areinforced soleshaped body portion having its extreme edge upturned toform a vertical peripheral wall and a solid sole-shaped blank fillingthe cavity within the wall. y

3. A step product ofthe lasting operation having, in combination, aninsole having its extreme edge upturned-- to form a vertical peripheralwall, an upper lasted to the .outside face of the wall and a sole-shapedblank filling the cavit within the wall.

4. ,A' welted s oe, having, in combination, an insole having'its extremeedge upturned to form a vertical peripheral wall, an upper lasted to theinsole, and a welt secured to the upper and insole by metallicfastenings anchored entirel within the weltand on t e inside face of t ewall.

'5. A welted shoe, having, in combination, an insole having its edgeupturned to form a peripheral wall,an upper lasted to the insole, and awelt secured to the upper and insole by metallic fastenings bot ends' ofend being clenched in the welt and the bifurcations of the other endbeing clenched on I 6. A welted shoe, having,

in combination,"

ice I which are bifurcated,-the bifurcations of one Y an insole havingits edge upturned to form a peripheral wall, an upper lasted to theoutside face of the wall, and a welt provided with a longitudinal slitsecured to the upper and insole by metallic fastenings both ends ofwhich are bifurcated, the bifurcations of one end being clenched in thebase of the slit in the welt and the bifurcations of the other end beingclenched on the inside face of the wall.

7. That improvement in the art of making insoles as an article ofmanufacture for welt shoes which consists in upturniug the extreme edgeof a sheet of material to form a vertical peripheral wall therefrom andpressing a solid sole-shaped blank within the wall to fill the cavitybounded thereby.

8. That improvement in the art of making insoles as an article ofmanufacture for welt shoes which consists in pressing a sheet ofmaterial into a mold having a sole-shaped cavity therein to u turn theedge of the body portion and t us form a peripheral wall therefrom,pressing a solid sole-shaped blank within the wall, and trimming thewall substantially flush with the surface of the blankr 9. Thatimprovement in the art of making shoes which consists in upturning theedge of a sheet of material to form a peripheral wall therefrom,pressing a sole-shaped blank within the wall to fill the cavity boundedthereby, assembling the insole thus formed with an upper on a last,lasting the upper to the outside edge face of the wall, removing theblank from the insole, securing a welt to the upper and insole,reinserting the blank, and finishing the shoe.

10. A welted shoe, having, in combination, an insole having its extremeedge upturned to form a vertical peripheral wall, an upper lasted to theoutside face of the wall, and a Welt secured to the upper and insole bya metallic fastening inseam anchored entirely within the body portion ofthe welt and upon the inside face ofthe wall.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES c. BLAKE.

